the other half | haechan

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DONGHEE POV

"mum, will donghyuck come home during his break?" i asked, hopefully. my mother looked grim, she said, "i'm not sure, dear. i hope he does, though." 

my brother is a member of one of the biggest idol groups in korea, nct. he had just come back from his north america tour with nct 127 and the company had given them a 6-month long break. it was a lot longer than his usual breaks after comebacks, which were about a month long. at most 2 months. 

we've really missed him at home, although he'd call almost every day. he was a cheerful boy and never failed to brighten the mood. you'd say, what about you then, donghee? what about me? i'm known as the troublemaker in school. not the school bully kind, though, but constantly being playful in class. that's the only similar nature i have with my brother. everything else is mirrored. 

i'm in the media club. the photography unit, to be exact. i don't even know how i got through the auditions, i'm artistically hopeless. yes, my art teacher detests my guts, by the way. i was one of the 20 people who failed every round of the auditions, and had to retry. the media club probably pitied my lack of talent, that's why i'm here. 

my grades weren't too high either. math is my best subject, and even with that, i'd still manage to hit a high of 68%. the teachers were obviously not big fans of me. i'd always say the opposite of what they say, for fun. they can't do anything about it, as i said it respectfully and it made sense. 

i was pretty well-known, positively or negatively, that i do not know. but i had a small clique of friends, jimin, minjeong, aeri and yizhuo. they're cool, actually we were just pretty cool with everyone. 

jimin, or karina, as she rather be called, was an amazing dancer. she's one of the most known dancers from the dance club in our school. you would say she's the "known" one in our group. karina was friends with almost everyone but never had any crushes. her grades were slightly above mine, but she does study, more than i do. 

minjeong, more known as winter. don't ask me, she came up with that name herself because she was born at the end of winter. something along that line. she has a bit of a weird personality, probably the dorkiest one among us. she always gave witty responses to teachers, like me, but her grades were high. teachers would always just laugh along with her, she's the "favourite" student. winter is also really really pretty. many boys crushed on her and she does go out with them. "fan service," winter calls it. she's in the dance club with karina as well, she had been scouted by idol companies but she chose not to accept. 

 aeri, is korean-japanese. her name was a little difficult for us koreans to pronounce, so she decided to go by her english name, giselle. most people wouldn't say she's pretty, at first look, but once you examine her details, you'll realise she has this really unique visual. she's in our school choir, but not too well-known. barely anyone knows her, but she'd always say, "i don't need to be popular. i'm here to learn shit." and with that mentality, she would always clinch the top 5 in class. never the top, though, so she was still unknown. 

yizhuo, or ningning as we call her. she's chinese but studying in korea, she speaks fluently and her vocals are amazing. she's in the choir as well, with giselle. she was pretty known and many guys liked her. ningning would always brush them off, though, to be with us.